Press for seals.



NO- 827,132. PATBNTBD JULY 31, 1906.

T. WBNK. V

PRESS F08 SEALS.

APELIGATIDH nu $211.4. 1901.

WITNESSES gumQ I, t I MMw- W1 W A TTOBNE Y8 IN VENTOI? UNITE STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THEODORE VVENK, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO HENRY BJO.

VENK, OF BROOKLIET. YORK.

PRESS FOR SEALS.

Specification of Letters. Patent.

Patented July 31, 1966.

Application filed April t. 1281. Serial No. 54,301.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THEODORE WENK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Presses for Seals; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to presses for scale, havin among its objects to provide an improved form of press involving the use of a reversihle pawl engagin ratchet-teeth and reversing in notches at t e ends of said ratchetteeth.

Therefore my invention consists in a press for seals involving the novel features and combinations of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accom anying drawings, illustrating my invention, igure 1 is a view in elevation of my improved press. Fig. 2 is a rear end view of the press with a portion of the body broken away and showing the movable die in its sealing osition. Fig. 3 is a similar rear end view 0 the press, showing the movable die lifted. Figs. 4 and 5 represent modifications of the invention. 7

A denotes the bod of the press, which is of any desired form an provided with the usual central passage and opening at the front for the insertion of the seal. To the rear of said opcnin is an integral handle B. Adjacent said liandle and in the body A is a recess H, opening into the central passage, while removably seated in the bottom of said passage is a bed-die D. At the upper extremity of the body A are forked portions A A, perforated to receive a pin I, pivotin an upper movable handle O, which is adapte to be pressed toward the handle B and has upon its pivotal end an eccentric or cam O Actuated by the cam O on the movement of the handle C and reciprocating within the central passage of the body A is a movable die E, havin a series of ratchet-teeth F upon the interme late portion of its side and deep notches O at the ends of said series of teeth, said notches being deeper than the ratchetteeth F in order to allow on the completion of the reciprocal movement of the die E the repleted its downward movement.

versal of a pawl G, whose point rests in said notches. Said pawl G, carried by a pivot K in the recess H, is adapted to engage in the ratchet-teeth F and through the aid of a tension-spring H, carried by the body A, to prevent the retraction of the movable die E in the central passage until said die has com- The upper extremity of said spring H is secured to the body A by a screw H which in combination with a pin H also secures a housin pl ate H which extends diagonally across t e side of the body A and incloses the pawl G and the spring H within the recess H. Adjacent said spring H and secured at one extremity to the handle B by a screw M is a larger horizontal sprin L, which engages in a recess in the rear of t e movable die Eand performs a lifting function, automatically elevating said movable die E when the handles B and O are so far separated that the cam C no longer bears upon the head of said movable die.

The operation of my improved press is as follows: With the press in the position. shown in Fig. 3 the seal is brought between the dies either by the movement of the seal or the press. The handle C is pressed toward the handle B, forcin the cam O at the ivotal end of said handle C upon the head 0 the movable die E, causing the latter to traverse the passage in the body of the press A, thus com ressing the seal between the dies D and E. y the movement of the die E the s ring-pressed pawl G, whose oint rests in t e notch O, is reversed and held in such a osition as to engage the ratchet-teeth F, t us preventin the retraction of the die E until the comp etion of its downward movement, when said pawl drops into the upper notch O, as shown in Fig. 2. Then on the separation of the handles the movable die E, throu h the spring L, again reverses the pawl G an is returned to the original position shown in Fig. 3.

Some of the many advantages of my irn' and the movable die is thus prevented from retraction in the central passage until the completion of the sealing movement.

In a modification of the invention shown in Fig. 4 the movable die is provided with a spring, awl, and ratchet on either side, While in anot er modification of the press (shown in Fi 5)the spring, pawl, and ratchet are 10- cate at the rear of the body A, any number of modifications being possible so long 'as in accordance with the spirit of the invention.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A seal-press having a movable die provided directly with a ratchet device comprising a I5 longitudinal series of ratchet-teeth and a air of reversing-notches at the respective en s of the series, in combination with a s ringpressed pawl arranged to engage wit said teeth, and a relatively fixed pivot on which said pawl is reversible.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

THEODORE WENK. Witnesses:

JAMES R. RosERs, M. L. SHAY. 

